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Turning silence into success | Deaf Old Harbour native Kemoy Campbell directs disability into university degrees

Article By: Fern Fagan
  • Jun 07, 2026 08:34 AM | News, Education

Kemoy Campbell (centre) pops a bright smile during the recent graduation ceremony at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.

For Kemoy Campbell, growing up deaf made life challenging to say the least, but it was a challenge that built not only his resilience, but his character, as he knew

As a child, he lived in a world with no sound, almost as if God forgot to turn on the speakers in his head so that he could listen and enjoy the echoes of children laughing, birds chirping or even the sweet symphony of his mother singing whenever she’s doing the laundry.
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